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J. STONE. BUTTON HOLE STRIP AND METHOD 0]? MAKING THE SAME.

Patented Nov. 5,'1889.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT 'Orricn.

I JAMES STONE, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-TIIIRDS TO ALICE M.BALL, OF SAME PLACE, AND ELIZABETH FLORSIIEIM, OF CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS.

BUTTON-HOLE STRIP AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,602, dated November5, 1889.

Application filed May 21, 1887. Serial No. 239,013. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES STONE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Button-Hole Strips andMaking Button-Holes, which is fully set forth in the followingspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a face view of a stripin the first stage ofmanufacture, having the button-hole slits formed therein; Fig. 2, asimilar View of the same at a more advanced stage, the slits beingbound; Fig. 3, a similar View showing I 5 the completed strip applied tothe garment; Fig. 4, a sectional view taken on the line 1 1 of Fig. 3;Fig. 5, a sectional view taken on the "line 2 2 of Fig. 3, and seen inperspective; Fig. 0, a view of a modified form in the stage ofmanufacture corresponding to that shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 7, a view of thesame in the stage corresponding to that shown in Fig. 2; Fig. S,a detailsectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. '7; Fig. 9, a detailsectional 2 5 view taken on the line at 4: of Fig. 7, and viewed inperspective; and Fig. 10, a detail sectional view of a modification of aportion of the construction shown in Fig. 5.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the fig- 0 ures of the drawings.

My inventionrelates to button-hole strips I and to the art of making thesame; and it has for its object to produce in a rapid and economicalmannerapracticable and durable button-hole strip.

To these ends my invention consists in certain improvements in the modeof making button-hole strips and in the article produced by saidmode,which improvements I willnow 4o proceed to describe, and will thenparticularly point out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention a strip A, of cloth of any suitable textureand length, is slit transversely at predetermined intervals,

the slits, as shown at 0:- in Fig. 1, being formed by cutting in fromone edge of the said strip some distance into but not entirely acrossthe same. A binding B is then applied to the edges of each slit a, beingpreferably of cloth folded longitudinally to receive the edge of theslit within the fold, and being secured by means of a line of stitchingb. In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, of the drawings thisbinding B is formed of a single piece, and is curved around the inner 55 end of the slit a. If desired, however, I may form at the inner end ofthe slit a a slit a, transverse thereto, as shown in Fig. 6 of thedrawings, and in this case the binding consists of separate strips B.These strips are arranged one 011 each side of the slit a, each stripbeing folded so as to embrace the edge of the slit from the margin ofthe strip A to the transverse slit a, at which point the under portionof the binding-strip B is brought 6: through. the slit a to the upperside of the cloth, as shown in Figs. '7, S, and 9. Lines of stitching I)serve to secure the bindingstrips B in position, these lines alsoclosing the slits a in an obvious manner. By this 7c construction I amenabled to avoid the increase in bulk caused by the curving of the clotharound the end of the slit in the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The strip in the form shown in Figs. 2 and 7 7 may be attached to thegarment in that form, the edge where the slits aterminate being sewedonto or sewed into the fabric in any suitable manner. In practice,however,

I prefer to close the slits a by stitching to the So said edge a binderG, of any suitable fabric or material, folded longitudinally to receivethe edge of the strip A, and secured by means of a line of stitching c.In this case the button-hole strip is preferably secured to the 8 5garment D by its other edge, which, as shown in Figs. 3 and 5 of thedrawings, is secured between the layers d of the fabric composing thegarment by means of a line of stitching d. The strip may of course besecured to 9 the garment in any suitable manner, and by either edge.

In order to provide a strengthening device for that end of thebutton-holes against which the strain of the buttons comes, when thegarment is in use, I employ, to form an abutment for the buttons, a cordE, extending along the outer edge of the strip A, parallel to said edge,and crossing the button-holes in the manner shown. This cord ispreferably secured to the strip in the manner shown in Figs. 3 and 5 ofthedrawings, in which the binder G is first folded upon itselflongitudinally, the cord being placed Within the fold, after which thefree ends of the binder are folded around the edge of the strip A, sothat the line of stitching 0 passes through the whole and secures boththe binder and the cord E in position. This is, however, but one way ofsecuring this cord to the strip, as it' may be secured in the mannershown in Fig.

10, in which it is shown as stitched to the; strip A independently ofthe binder O.

In order to prevent the button-hole strip A from being either insertedtoo far into the garment D or allowed to project too far therefrom, Iemploy a gage-strip F, consisting, preferably, of a corded longitudinalstrip stitched to the button-hole strip A, and servingto accurately gageor determine the precise position of the said strip during the operationof connecting the same to the garment. This device, however, forms thesubject-matter of a separate application filed May 17, 1S87,No. 238,447,and I make no'claim to the same in the present application.

' It will be seen that by the method which I have devised-and by theconstruction pro-. duced thereby, I am enabled to providea sim Y ple,strong, and effective button-hole strip, which can be made at a minimumcost of material and labor, the whole being adapted to 1 be constructedupon an ordinary sewing-ma? chine, without necessitating the employment. of special devices or specially-trained labor.

It is obvious that various modifications, both in the process describedand in the re-' sulting product, may be made Without departing from theprinciple of my invention, and I therefore do not wish to be understood.as limiting myself strictly to the precise details hereinbeforedescribed, and shown in the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The hereinbefore-described mode of making button-hole-stripblanks,which consists in slitting transversely a suitable strip of clothor other fabric at intervals by cutting into the same from one edgepartly but not entirely across the said strip, substantially as and forthe purposes specified. j

2. The hereinbefore-described mode of making 'button-hole-stripb1anks,which consists in slitting transversely a suitable strip of clothor other material at intervals by cutting into the same from one edgepartly but not entirely across the said strip and then applying to theedge of the slit a suitable binding, sub stantially as and for thepurposes specified.

3. The hereinbefore-described mode of making button-holes, Whichconsists in slitting transversely a suitable strip of cloth or othermaterial at intervals by cutting into the same from one edge partly butnot entirely across the said strip and then sewing the said edge to asuitable base or binding, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

42- The hereinbefore-described button-holestrip blank, consisting of thestrip A, having transverse slits a extending from'one edge partly acrossthe strip, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. The hereinbefore-desc'ribed button-holestrip blank, consisting of thestrip A, having transverse slits a at suitable intervals extending from'one edge partly across the saidstrip, theedge of each slit beingprovided with a suitable'binding, substantiallyas and for the "purposesspecified.

6. The 'hereinbefore-de'scribed button-hole strip, consisting of thestrip A, having aseries of transverse slits a at suitable intervalsextending fromon'e edge of the strip partly across the same, incombination with a suitable binding for the edge'of each slit and acontinuous binder 0, extending along the slitted edge, embracingthesame'and secured thereto by a lineof stitching c, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

7. The combination, with a button -hole strip, of 'a continuous abutmentfor the'but- 5 tons, extending along the free margin of the striptransversely to the" button-holes and over the same, substantially asand for the purposes specified.

8. The combination, with the button-hole strip A, provided with a seriesof buttonholes, of the cord E, suitably secured-to the said strip nearits free margin and extending parallel to the said margin andtransversely to the button-holes and over the same, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

JAMES STONE.

\Vitnesses:

IRVINE MILLER, ORs'oN H. BROOKE.

